Pride and Prejudice — Page 11
Indeed, fantastic as it may seem, I should put Miss Austen as near to Swift in some ways, as I have put her to Addison in others._
Tatsächlich, so phantastisch es auch erscheinen mag, würde ich Miss Austen in gewisser Hinsicht Swift ebenso nahestellen, wie ich sie in anderer Hinsicht Addison nahestelle.
_This Swiftian quality appears in the present novel as it appears nowhere else in the character of the immortal, the ineffable Mr. Collins.
Diese Swift'sche Qualität zeigt sich im vorliegenden Roman wie nirgendwo sonst in der Gestalt des unsterblichen, des unsagbaren Mr. Collins.
Mr. Collins is really_ great; _far greater than anything Addison ever did, almost great enough for Fielding or for Swift himself.
Mr. Collins ist wirklich großartig; weit großartiger als alles, was Addison je geschaffen hat, fast groß genug für Fielding oder Swift selbst.
It has been said that no one ever was like him.
Es wurde gesagt, dass niemand jemals so war wie er.
In the second place, it is rash, I think, to conclude that an actual Mr. Collins was impossible or non-existent at the end of the eighteenth century.
Zweitens ist es, wie ich meine, voreilig zu schließen, dass ein wirklicher Mr. Collins am Ende des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts unmöglich oder nicht existent gewesen wäre.
It is very interesting that we possess, in this same gallery, what may be called a spoiled first draught, or an unsuccessful study of him, in John Dashwood.
Es ist sehr interessant, dass wir in derselben Galerie das besitzen, was man einen misslungenen ersten Entwurf oder eine misslungene Studie von ihm nennen könnte, nämlich in John Dashwood.
The formality, the under-breeding, the meanness, are there; but the portrait is only half alive, and is felt to be even a little unnatural.
Die Förmlichkeit, die schlechte Erziehung, die Niedertracht sind vorhanden; aber das Porträt ist nur halb lebendig und wirkt sogar ein wenig unnatürlich.
Mr. Collins is perfectly natural, and perfectly alive.
Mr. Collins ist vollkommen natürlich und vollkommen lebendig.
Vocabulary
- Tatsächlich
- In fact; actually; really
- so
- So; thus; in this way; to such a degree
- phantastisch
- Fantastic; extraordinary; imaginative or fanciful
- es
- It; pronoun referring to things or situations
- auch
- Also; too; as well; even; furthermore
- erscheinen
- To appear; to seem; to be published
- mag
- May; might; to like; modal verb expressing possibility
- würde
- Would; conditional auxiliary verb; dignity or worth
- ich
- I; first person singular pronoun
- in
- In; into; at; within; preposition of location
- gewisser
- Certain; some; particular; in a certain sense
- Hinsicht
- Regard; respect; aspect; point of view
- ebenso
- Equally; likewise; in the same way as
- wie
- How; like; as; in what manner; comparison
- sie
- She; her; they; polite form you
- anderer
- Other; different; another; alternative
- Diese
- This; these; the aforementioned; demonstrative pronoun
- Qualität
- Quality; characteristic; attribute; nature of something
- zeigt
- Shows; demonstrates; indicates; reveals; displays
- sich
- Oneself; himself; herself; itself; reflexive pronoun
- im
- In the; contraction of in dem
- vorliegenden
- Present; current; being considered; at hand
- Roman
- Novel; romance; the Roman; fictional narrative work
- nirgendwo
- Nowhere; not anywhere; in no place at all
- sonst
- Otherwise; else; usually; otherwise than; besides
- der
- The; definite article masculine singular; relative pronoun
- Gestalt
- Form; figure; character; shape; appearance; person
- des
- Of the; genitive form of the definite article
- unsterblichen
- Immortal; imperishable; eternal; undying; everlasting
- ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein
- wirklich
- Really; actually; truly; genuine; true; authentic
- großartig
- Magnificent; splendid; wonderful; great; grand
- weit
- Far; distant; wide; by far; extensively
- großartiger
- More magnificent; more wonderful; grander; more splendid
- als
- Than; as; when; comparative conjunction; as if
- alles
- Everything; all; all things; anything at all
- was
- What; which; that which; relative pronoun
- je
- Ever; at any time; ever; in any case
- geschaffen
- Created; made; produced; established; brought forth
- hat
- Has; have; third person singular present auxiliary
- fast
- Almost; nearly; scarcely; practically; just about
- groß
- Great; large; big; grand; important; tall
- genug
- Enough; sufficiently; adequate; satisfactory amount; plenty
- für
- For; for the purpose of; intended for
- oder
- Or; either; disjunctive conjunction; alternative possibility
- selbst
- Self; even; myself; himself; oneself; in person
- Es
- It; the thing; that which; it is
- wurde
- Was; past tense auxiliary; third person singular
- gesagt
- Said; told; spoke; mentioned; past participle of sagen
- dass
- That; so that; such that; subordinating conjunction
- niemand
- Nobody; no one; not anyone; no person
- jemals
- Ever; at any time; never used negatively
- er
- He; him; it; masculine third person pronoun
- Zweitens
- Secondly; second; in the second place; second point
- meine
- Mine; my; to mean; to think; first person
- schließen
- To conclude; to close; to shut; to infer
- ein
- A; an; one; indefinite article; numeral one
- wirklicher
- Real; genuine; true; actual; authentic; not false
- am
- At the; on the; contraction of an dem
- Ende
- End; finish; conclusion; at the end; finally
- achtzehnten
- Eighteenth; 18th; ordinal number; the number 18
- Jahrhunderts
- Century; century's; genitive of Jahrhundert; 100 years
- unmöglich
- Impossible; not possible; out of the question
- nicht
- Not; no; negation particle; negative word in German
- gewesen
- Been; past participle of sein; have been
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